With Justice Neil Gorsuch recused from hearing the case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in Colorado’s fight against a proposed 88-mile railway to move oil from Utah and into Colorado.
Some observers say based on questions from the justices, they appeared to lean in favor of supporters of the Uinta Basin Railway who filed an appeal of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruling.
Trains.com reported the justices indicated support for the railway “even if they have some issues with the method suggested by a lawyer for determining the adequacy of environmental reviews at the heart of the case.”
The Colorado Sun followed the arguments too.
“Eighty-eight miles of track should not require more than 3,600 pages of environmental analysis,” said attorney Paul Clement, arguing for the Uinta Basin Railway before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday in a case that could limit the scope of the 1970 National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, reported The Sun.
